Example Sentences

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You cannot imagine what a weird effect these eldrich bushes had upon my mind.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith

She did it with a look of hesitation and bashfulness, quite unlike the eldrich boldness and brightness which was usual with her.

From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

He lifted his eyes a moment, looked at the eldrich, shadowy woman trembling in the gray light, and bowing his head said softly, “Thank you, mother.”

From Prisoners of Conscience by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

After having inspected his palm with the candle, she uttered three eldrich laughs, or rather screams, that sounded through the room as if they were more than natural.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

They had not gone far before the rear-guard intermitted blackberrying for an instant, and uttered an eldrich screech; then proclaimed, "Another coach! another coach!"

From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles